2019 European Le Mans Series
The 2019 European Le Mans Series was the sixteenth season of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest's European Le Mans Series. The six-event season began at Circuit Paul Ricard on 14 April and finished at Algarve International Circuit on 27 October.
The series is open to Le Mans Prototypes, divided into the LMP2 and LMP3 classes, and grand tourer-style racing cars in the LMGTE class.
Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2019 season was announced on 21 September 2018. The calendar comprises six events, with the only change from the 2018 season being the addition of a race at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which replaces the Red Bull Ring as the third round of the season.In April 2019, it was announced that the round in Barcelona would be held as an evening race, taking place on the Saturday evening of the event instead of the originally scheduled Sunday afternoon, primarily due to the anticipated hot weather in Spain in July.
The round at Silverstone is once again held in conjunction with the FIA World Endurance Championship.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Location | Date |
| 1 | 4 Hours of Le Castellet |  Circuit Paul Ricard | Le Castellet, France | 14 April |
| 2 | 4 Hours of Monza |  Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Monza, Italy | 12 May |
| 3 | 4 Hours of Barcelona |  Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya | Montmeló, Spain | 20 July |
| 4 | 4 Hours of Silverstone |  Silverstone Circuit | Silverstone, United Kingdom | 31 August |
| 5 | 4 Hours of Spa |  Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Spa, Belgium | 22 September |
| 6 | 4 Hours of Portimão |  Algarve International Circuit | Portimão, Portugal | 27 October |
Entries
LMP2
In accordance with the 2017 LMP2 regulations, all cars in the LMP2 class use the Gibson GK428 V8 engine.| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Tyre | Drivers | Rounds | |
 High Class Racing | Oreca 07 | 20 | Dennis Andersen | All | |
| High Class Racing | Oreca 07 | 20 | Anders Fjordbach | All | |
 DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 21 |  James Allen | All | |
| DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 21 |  Henrik Hedman | All | |
| DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 21 | Ben Hanley | 1, 3–6 | |
| DragonSpeed | Oreca 07 | 21 |  Renger van der Zande | 2 | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 22 | Philip Hanson | All | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 22 | Paul di Resta | 1 | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 22 | Filipe Albuquerque | 2–6 | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 32 | Alex Brundle | All | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 32 |  Ryan Cullen | All | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 32 | William Owen | 2–6 | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 23 |  René Binder | All | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 23 | Julien Canal | All | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 23 | Will Stevens | All | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 24 | Timothé Buret | All | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 24 |  Konstantin Tereshchenko | All | |
| Panis Barthez Competition | Ligier JS P217 Oreca 07 | 24 | Léonard Hoogenboom | 1–4 | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 25 | John Falb | All | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 25 | Andrea Pizzitola | All | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 25 | Mark Patterson | 1 | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 25 | Olivier Pla | 3–6 | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 31 | Henning Enqvist | All | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 31 | James French | All | |
| Algarve Pro Racing | Oreca 07 | 31 |  Tacksung Kim | All | |
| G-Drive Racing | Aurus 01 | 26 | Roman Rusinov | All | |
| G-Drive Racing | Aurus 01 | 26 | Job van Uitert | All | |
| G-Drive Racing | Aurus 01 | 26 | Norman Nato | 1–2 | |
| G-Drive Racing | Aurus 01 | 26 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 3–6 | |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 27 | Stéphane Adler | All | |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 27 | Erik Maris | 1–5 | |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 27 | Patrice Lafargue | 1–4, 6 | |
| IDEC Sport | Ligier JS P217 | 27 | William Cavailhes | 5–6 | |
| IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 28 | Paul-Loup Chatin | All | |
| IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 28 | Paul Lafargue | All | |
| IDEC Sport | Oreca 07 | 28 |  Memo Rojas | All | |
| Duqueine Engineering | Oreca 07 | 30 | Richard Bradley | All | |
| Duqueine Engineering | Oreca 07 | 30 | Nico Jamin | All | |
| Duqueine Engineering | Oreca 07 | 30 | Pierre Ragues | All | |
 Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Dani Clos | 1–3 | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Léo Roussel | 1–2 | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Jakub Smiechowski | All | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Adrien Tambay | 3–4 | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Lukas Dunner | 4 | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 | Sam Dejonghe | 5–6 | |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P217 | 34 |  Mathias Beche | 6 | |
| BHK Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 35 | Sergio Campana | All | |
| BHK Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 35 | Francesco Dracone | All | |
| BHK Motorsport | Oreca 07 | 35 | Garry Findlay | 4 | |
| Cool Racing | Oreca 07 | 37 | Antonin Borga | All | |
| Cool Racing | Oreca 07 | 37 | Alexandre Coigny | 1–4, 6 | |
| Cool Racing | Oreca 07 | 37 | Nicolas Lapierre | All | |
| Graff | Oreca 07 | 39 | Alexandre Cougnaud | All | |
| Graff | Oreca 07 | 39 | Tristan Gommendy | All | |
| Graff | Oreca 07 | 39 | Jonathan Hirschi | All | |
| RLR MSport | Oreca 07 | 43 |  John Farano | All | |
| RLR MSport | Oreca 07 | 43 |  Arjun Maini | All | |
| RLR MSport | Oreca 07 | 43 |  Bruno Senna | 1–3, 5–6 | |
| RLR MSport | Oreca 07 | 43 | Matthieu Vaxiviere | 4 | |
| Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 45 | Ben Barnicoat | 1–4, 6 | |
| Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 45 | Jack Manchester | 1–3, 6 | |
| Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 45 | Olivier Pla | 1 | |
| Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 45 | Harry Tincknell | 2–4, 6 | |
| Thunderhead Carlin Racing | Dallara P217 | 45 | Harrison Newey | 4 | |
| Cetilar R. Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 | 47 | Andrea Belicchi | 2 | |
| Cetilar R. Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 | 47 | Roberto Lacorte | 2 | |
| Cetilar R. Villorba Corse | Dallara P217 | 47 | Giorgio Sernagiotto | 2 |
LMP3
All cars in the LMP3 class use the Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 engine and Michelin tyres.| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Drivers | Rounds | |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Wayne Boyd | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Tommy Erdos | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 2 | Garett Grist | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | Christian England | All |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | Mike Guasch | 1–4 |
| United Autosports | Ligier JS P3 | 3 | Andrew Bentley | 5–6 |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | John Corbett | 1–5 |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 5 |  Andreas Laskaratos | 1–5 |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 5 | James Winslow | 1–5 |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 6 | James Dayson | All |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 6 | Ross Kaiser | All |
| 360 Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 6 | Terrence Woodward | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 7 | Colin Noble | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Norma M30 | 7 | Anthony Wells | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 8 | James Littlejohn | All |
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 8 |  Nobuya Yamanaka | 1–4 |
| Nielsen Racing | Ligier JS P3 | 8 | Nicholas Adcock | 5–6 |
| Realteam Racing | Norma M30 | 9 | David Droux | All |
| Realteam Racing | Norma M30 | 9 | Esteban Garcia | All |
| Oregon Team | Norma M30 | 10 | Lorenzo Bontempelli | All |
| Oregon Team | Norma M30 | 10 | Damiano Fioravanti | All |
| Oregon Team | Norma M30 | 10 |  Gustas Grinbergas | All |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 11 | Mikkel Jensen | All |
| Eurointernational | Ligier JS P3 | 11 |  Jens Petersen | All |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Martin Hippe | All |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 13 | Nigel Moore | All |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Paul Scheuschner | All |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Dino Lunardi | 1 |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Sam Dejonghe | 2–4 |
| Inter Europol Competition | Ligier JS P3 | 14 | Constantin Schöll | 6 |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Christian Stubbe Olsen | All |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Martin Rich | All |
| RLR MSport | Ligier JS P3 | 15 | Martin Vedel Mortensen | All |
| Ultimate | Norma M30 | 17 | François Heriau | All |
| Ultimate | Norma M30 | 17 | Jean-Baptiste Lahaye | All |
| Ultimate | Norma M30 | 17 | Matthieu Lahaye | All |
| ACE1 Villorba Corse | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Alessandro Bressan | 3 |
| ACE1 Villorba Corse | Ligier JS P3 | 18 | Yuki Harata | 3 |
| M Racing | Norma M30 | 19 | Lucas Légeret | All |
| M Racing | Norma M30 | 19 | Laurent Millara | All |
| M Racing | Norma M30 | 19 | Yann Ehrlacher | 1, 3–4 |
LMGTE
All cars in the LMGTE class use Dunlop Tyres.| Entrant/Team | Chassis | Engine | Drivers | Rounds | |
| Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 51 | Fabien Lavergne | All |
| Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 51 | Nicklas Nielsen | All |
| Luzich Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 51 | Alessandro Pier Guidi | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 55 | Duncan Cameron | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 55 |  Matt Griffin | All |
| Spirit of Race | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 55 | Aaron Scott | All |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 56 | Jörg Bergmeister | 1–3 |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 56 |  Egidio Perfetti | 1–3 |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 56 | Giorgio Roda | 1–2 |
| Team Project 1 | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 56 | David Heinemeier Hansson | 3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 | Sergio Pianezzola | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 | Andrea Piccini | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 | Claudio Schiavoni | 1–3 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 | Nicola Cadei | 4 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 60 |  David Perel | 5–6 |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 83 | Rahel Frey | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 83 | Michelle Gatting | All |
| Kessel Racing | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 83 | Manuela Gostner | All |
| JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 66 | Matteo Cressoni | All |
| JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 66 | Wei Lu | All |
| JMW Motorsport | Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 | 66 | Jeff Segal | All |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 77 | Matteo Cairoli | All |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 77 | Riccardo Pera | All |
| Dempsey-Proton Racing | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 77 | Christian Ried | All |
| EbiMotors | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Fabio Babini | 1–3, 6 |
| EbiMotors | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Marco Frezza | 1–3, 6 |
| EbiMotors | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Sébastien Fortuna | 1–2 |
| EbiMotors | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Edward-Lewis Brauner | 3 |
| EbiMotors | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 80 | Gianluca Giraudi | 6 |
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Thomas Preining | 1–2, 4–6 |
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Horst Felbermayr Jr | 1 |
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Marco Seefried | 1 |
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Gianluca Giraudi | 4 |
| Proton Competition | Porsche 911 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | 88 | Ricardo Sanchez | 4 |
Results
Bold indicates overall winner.| Circuit | LMP2 Winning Team | LMP3 Winning Team | LMGTE Winning Team | Results | |
| Circuit | LMP2 Winning Drivers | LMP3 Winning Drivers | LMGTE Winning Drivers | Results | |
| 1 | Le Castellet | No. 21 DragonSpeed | No. 17 Ultimate | No. 51 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 1 | Le Castellet | James Allen Ben Hanley Henrik Hedman | François Heriau Jean-Baptiste Lahaye Matthieu Lahaye | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Report |
| 2 | Monza | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 11 Eurointernational | No. 77 Dempsey-Proton Racing | Report |
| 2 | Monza | Norman Nato Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert | Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen | Matteo Cairoli Riccardo Pera Christian Ried | Report |
| 3 | Barcelona | No. 26 G-Drive Racing | No. 13 Inter Europol Competition | No. 51 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 3 | Barcelona | Roman Rusinov Job van Uitert Jean-Éric Vergne | Martin Hippe Nigel Moore | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Report |
| 4 | Silverstone | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 11 Eurointernational | No. 88 Proton Competition | Report |
| 4 | Silverstone | Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas | Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen | Gianluca Giraudi Thomas Preining Ricardo Sanchez | Report |
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps | No. 22 United Autosports | No. 11 Eurointernational | No. 51 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps | Filipe Albuquerque Philip Hanson | Mikkel Jensen Jens Petersen | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Report |
| 6 | Portimão | No. 28 IDEC Sport | No. 6 360 Racing | No. 51 Luzich Racing | Report |
| 6 | Portimão | Paul-Loup Chatin Paul Lafargue Memo Rojas | James Dayson Ross Kaiser Terrence Woodward | Fabien Lavergne Nicklas Nielsen Alessandro Pier Guidi | Report |
To be classified a car will have to cross the finish line on the race track when the chequered flag is shown, except in a case of force majeure at the Stewards’ discretion and have covered at least 70% of the distance covered by the car classified in first place in the overall classification.
Teams Championships
Points are awarded according to the following structure:| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | |
| Points | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 |